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While this isn't dangerous,
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particularly not in the controlled sandboxed research environment,
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it points to potentially serious future problems where an AI agent left unsupervised
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might accidentally create malware
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or alter important infrastructure code in ways that are potentially catastrophic.
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It's basically the high-tech equivalent of hiring the boss's son for a do-nothing job and for some reason
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giving him top-level admin access and just letting him go to town.
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What do you mean you deleted System32, Kyle?
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Ice cream? Not hot.
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Quick bits? Very, very hot.
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Asus has accidentally hinted at the release of AMD's Ryzen 9000 X3D chips
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on the new site for Asus' upcoming 800 series motherboards.
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We say accidentally because in addition to the X3D chips being mentioned in the metadata of the site,
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Asus specifically put Ryzen 9000 X3D into the site's URL.
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No release date has been given for the 9000 X3D CPU series,
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but the 800 series motherboards should be launching in the next few weeks.
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AMD also has an event planned for October 10th, so that's another option.
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Or instead of speculating,
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we can just wait for Asus to launch their next website.
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A new version of Nvidia's RTX 4070 is hitting shelves,
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equipped with slightly slower GDDR6 memory instead of GDDR6X.
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But none of the eight new variants announced so far
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clearly display that information in the product name or on the box.
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They thought it would be a fun little game to hide that tidbit in the product specs for you.
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You guys like games, right?
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To be fair, the difference is small.
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It's going from 21 to 20 gigabits per second,
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and Nvidia says it shouldn't impact performance.
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What's a gigabit between friends?
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Nvidia G-Sync enabled monitors are about to get cheaper, we hope.
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Team Green has partnered with MediaTek to not only bring their newer,
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better G-Sync Pulsar to new monitors,
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but to also integrate G-Sync into MediaTek's widely used display scaler chips.
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That means that the monitors won't need one of Nvidia's proprietary G-Sync modules, reducing cost.
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I mean, AMD's FreeSync is also still an option,
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which, despite what Nvidia's marketing might have you believe,
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is basically the same as G-Sync.
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I mean, they even rhyme.
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FreeSync's just like G-Sync.
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3D is coming back, thanks to Samsung.
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The company officially unveiled their Odyssey 3D monitors at Gamescom after teasing them at CES.
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The monitors feature glasses-free 3D at sizes of 27 and 37 inches,
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and the display can be switched from 2D to 3D seamlessly,
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changing it back to being just a 4K QLED 165 hertz monitor.
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Samsung says the Odyssey 3D will be available by the end of the year,
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but they haven't revealed the price,
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probably because it'll be super expensive.
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But can you put a price on a technological trend that already died once? Thrice.
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Honestly, attempts for 3D, it just comes back every 20 years.
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It's literally a 20-year cycle.
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Like, 80s. It's like my dad.
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And Twitch launched its new Dropins collaboration feature,
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designed to make it quicker and easier for streamers to join each other's live streams.
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Twitch then immediately fumbled this unambiguous win by making it impossible to opt out.
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Streamers can temporarily disable the features,
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but they have to disable it again every time they stream.
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Of course, they could just ignore the call notifications,
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but it's a bit like Ninja standing outside of your house,
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staring at you through the window.
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And no matter how many times you close the blinds,
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they slam open again an hour later,
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and he's still standing there.
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And I'll be standing outside of your house
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until you come back on Friday for more tech news.
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I wanted to surprise you with a little gift today. Okay,
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in this episode, I'm gonna list all my favorite things about you.
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Number one
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ah...
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i guess we'll do tech news.
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested last weekend
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on suspicion of failing to moderate criminal activity on the messaging app
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But on Wednesday that suspicion was upgraded to preliminary charges
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as Durov was released on bail and barred from leaving France pending further investigation.
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The move seemed sudden,
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but it makes some sense given that back in March,
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Durov told the Financial Times he doesn't think they should be policing the way people express themselves
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unless they cross red lines.
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Which red lines?
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Unclear.
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Although it seems like one red line he won't cross is being a tad more specific.
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And the specifics matter here,
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especially concerning Telegram's optional use of encryption,
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which was implemented without proper declaration,
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according to a statement from French authorities that we translated into English.
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So hopefully we got that right.
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A declaration that other encryption using platforms
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like WhatsApp and Signal have apparently done properly.
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And now they're worried about Telegram making them look bad by association.
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Debate over encryption has been raging in the EU,
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especially after they just passed all these laws that let them boss tech giants around.
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What? Are we gonna let encrypted platforms get a pass by just putting a sock on the door?
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Don't look in here.
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The EU is also investigating whether Telegram deliberately undercounted its users
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to stay under the 45 million user threshold,
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which would subject the service to stricter regulation.
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So we'll see how that goes.
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All in all, this is a weird story,
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not just because it's complex,
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but also because while the EU has gotten serious about
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holding companies responsible for content hosted on their platforms,
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